🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Rasentrimmer

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rah-zen-trim-mer

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Strimmer/ˈstrɪm.ər/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Mit dem Rasentrimmer konnte er das Gras an der Mauer perfekt schneiden."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A lightweight machine used for cutting grass and weeds, especially in areas difficult to reach with a conventional lawnmower, using a rapidly rotating flexible nylon cord.

    "He used the strimmer to tidy up the overgrown grass along the garden fence."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a blend of string and the agent suffix -er, coined in the late 20th century in British English. It originally functioned as a proprietary trademark for a rotary grass cutter utilizing a flexible plastic string before becoming a genericized trademark.

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